902 notable events in Spain — wars, shipwrecks and murders. Page 1 of 10.
- Tenerife airport disaster
Mar 27, 1977 · Aviation accident
- ETA (separatist group)
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2004 Madrid train bombings
Mar 11, 2004 · Terrorism
- Bombing of Guernica
Apr 27, 1937 · War & armed conflict
- Dos de Mayo Uprising
May 2, 1808 · War & armed conflict
- Leslie Howard
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Alex Batty
Oct 8, 2017 · Disappearance
- Murder of Marta Calvo
Nov 7, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Jul 16, 1212 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Asunta Basterra
Sep 21, 2013 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Marta del Castillo
Jan 24, 2009 · Murder & homicide
- 1981 Spanish coup attempt
Feb 23, 1981–Feb 24, 1981 · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
Sep 19, 2021–Dec 13, 2021 · Natural disaster
- Noelia Castillo euthanasia case
Mar 26, 2026 · Crime & justice
- Koldo Case
2024 · Crime & justice
- HMS Ark Royal (91)
date unknown · Aviation accident
- Alcàsser Girls
from Nov 13, 1992 · Crime & justice
- 15-M Movement
Jan 1, 2011 · Riot & unrest
- Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Kitchen case
2021 · Crime & justice
- 1966 Palomares accident
Jan 17, 1966 · Aviation accident
- Montejurra incidents
May 9, 1976 · Murder & homicide
- Spanair Flight 5022
Aug 20, 2008 · Aviation accident
- 2026 Adamuz rail disaster
Jan 18, 2026 · Rail accident
- Valladolid debate
Aug 15, 1550–May 4, 1551 · Scandal & controversy
- Spanish coup of July 1936
Jul 17, 1936–Jul 20, 1936 · War & armed conflict
- 2024 Spanish floods
Oct 29, 2024 · Natural disaster
- Gürtel case
Feb 6, 2009 · Crime & justice
- 2017 Barcelona attacks
Aug 17, 2017 · Attack (other)
- Quini
date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
- White Terror (Spain)
Jul 17, 1936–1945 · Terrorism
- Alhambra Decree
Mar 20, 1492 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Los Alfaques disaster
Jul 11, 1978 · Road accident
- Murder of Isabel Carrasco
May 12, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Arny case
Oct 1, 1995–Mar 18, 1996 · Crime & justice
- Death of Jay Slater
Jun 17, 2024 · Disappearance
- Murder of Rocío Wanninkhof
Oct 9, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Santiago de Compostela derailment
Jul 24, 2013 · Rail accident
- Puerto Hurraco massacre
Aug 26, 1990 · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
Dec 20, 1973 · Bombing & explosion
- SS America (1939)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Diputación de Badajoz case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Revolt of the Comuneros
Apr 16, 1520 · War & armed conflict
- Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
Nov 23, 1823 · War & armed conflict
- Spanish Revolution of 1936
Jul 19, 1936 · War & armed conflict
- Red Terror (Spain)
Jan 1, 1936–Jan 1, 1939 · Attack (other)
- Andalucian ERE affair
2000–2009 · Scandal & controversy
- Murders of Anna and Olivia Zimmerman
Apr 27, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- Bar España case
date unknown
- GAL (paramilitary group)
date unknown · Terrorism
- Conquest of the Canary Islands
Jul 1, 1402–Sep 29, 1496 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Siege of Madrid
Nov 8, 1936–Nov 23, 1936 · War & armed conflict
- Ibiza affair
2019 · Scandal & controversy
- Toxic oil syndrome
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Paracuellos massacres
Nov 7, 1936–Dec 4, 1936 · Massacre
- Mar Menor
date unknown
- Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571)
Dec 24, 1568–Mar 1571 · War & armed conflict
- Revolution of 1934
Oct 5, 1934–Oct 19, 1934 · War & armed conflict
- Tragic Week (Spain)
Jul 26, 1909–Aug 2, 1909 · Riot & unrest
- Revolutionary Catalonia
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Manuel Blanco Romasanta
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 1977 Atocha massacre
Jan 24, 1977 · Shooting
- Tumult of Aranjuez
Mar 18, 1808–Mar 19, 1808 · War & armed conflict
- Prestige oil spill
Nov 19, 2002 · War & armed conflict
- First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups
date unknown · Terrorism
- Murder of Helena Jubany
Dec 2, 2001 · Murder & homicide
- Asturian Revolution of 1934
Oct 5, 1934–Oct 19, 1934 · Massacre
- Murder of Gabriel Cruz
Feb 27, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- Reapers' War
Jun 7, 1640–Oct 13, 1659 · War & armed conflict
- Begoña Gómez case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Murder of Sandra Palo Bermudez
May 2003 · Crime & justice
- Avianca Flight 011
Nov 27, 1983 · Aviation accident
- 2011 Lorca earthquake
May 11, 2011 · Earthquake
- 2012 Madrid Arena tragedy
Nov 1, 2012 · Stampede & crowd crush
- Hipercor bombing
Jun 19, 1987 · Bombing & explosion
- Málaga–Almería road massacre
Feb 8, 1937 · Massacre
- Dan-Air Flight 1008
Apr 25, 1980 · Aviation accident
- Iberia Flight 610
Feb 19, 1985 · Aviation accident
- Las Trece Rosas
date unknown · Shooting
- La Manada rape case
Jul 7, 2016 · Crime & justice
- Viking raid on Seville
Sep 25, 844–Nov 11, 844 · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martínez
Jun 25, 1986 · Disappearance
- Operación Puerto doping case
2006 · Scandal & controversy
- José Bretón case
Oct 8, 2011 · Murder & homicide
- Manises UFO incident
Nov 11, 1979 · Aviation accident
- José Antonio Ortega Lara
date unknown · Terrorism
- Murder of Eva Blanco
Apr 20, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- Massacre of 1391
Jun 1, 1391 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Casas Viejas incident
Jan 10, 1933–Jan 12, 1933 · Massacre
- Murder of Diana Quer
Aug 22, 2016 · Crime & justice
- HMS Captain (1869)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Soviet submarine K-8
date unknown · Attack (other)
- Lemóniz Nuclear Power Plant
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis
2008–2014 · Crisis
- 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final
May 24, 1972 · Scandal & controversy
- Alfredo Galán
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Púnica case
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick
Jan 1, 2008 · Disappearance
- Perejil Island crisis
Jul 11, 2002–Jul 18, 2002 · War & armed conflict
- Kidnapping of Maria Àngels Feliu
Nov 20, 1992–Mar 27, 1994 · Kidnapping & hostage